[aklug] Re: Google: If you send to Gmail you have 'No legitmate expectation of privacy'

On 8/14/13 10:34 PM, Christopher Howard wrote:
> I think you misread me. I do care. My point was that if most of us
> cared (which is evidently not the case) we would all encrypted our
> e-mails outside of the e-mail hosting service, and thus it wouldn't
> matter what e-mail hosting service we used. As to
> encrypted/unencrypted data, I don't know much about the rules there,
> but I'd much rather the government had to spend the next 100 years
> trying to decrypt my data, then have the "assurance" that they will
> eventual delete my data in unencrypted form.
>
> I think it is great that someone is getting out the "Gmail is evil and
> they don't care about your privacy" message. But if all that
> accomplishes is somebody switches from Gmail to Hotmail, then we are
> hardly any better off.
>
> Maybe the public is concerned about this stuff, but it doesn't show in
> any practical ways. Outside of this list, I can hardly name ten people
> who even know what Tor and PGP are - none that actually use them. Ever
> try to convince somebody to use Linux for the sake of "freedom,
> privacy, and having complete control of your computer"? You /might/
> get a bored, but patient stare, at least until they find out it might
> not be compatible with their favorite online flash game.
>
> On the subject of rootkits: I honestly don't know how to check for a
> rootkit, but if you have any insight to share on the subject, I'm all
> ears. I don't know how I would have gotten one, unless it came
> pre-installed on the PC.

Christopher,

My apologies for misconstruing your remarks. As far as rootkits (Linux
and Unix) I don't have a solution for a workstation or a server that is
upgraded regularly, though I do monitor my firewall installation for
changes (from base install) and review my firewall logs on a regular
basis; I store the firewall logs on an external device that is write
once only.

--greg

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